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The best watches to wear this season

Still trying to figure out how to get your wrist game on point? Here you go.

April 30, 2017

Dazzling dials and fascinating features can be found in these new watches for the spring season.

Omega

SPEEDMASTER 38MM

This year marks the 60th anniversary of Omega’s famous Speedmaster (fact fans: the first model in 1957 was called the Broad Arrow). The historically important watch was the first to be worn in space and today Omega unveils a new 38mm Speedmaster nicknamed ‘cappuccino’. A case made from stainless steel and 18K Sedna gold looks good, as does the taupe-brown leather strap, but it’s the diamond-paved bezel with a tachymeter scale on a brown aluminium ring that really catches the eye.

A. Lange & Sohne

ZEITWERK DECIMAL STRIKE

Two hammers decorated with tremblage engraving and two differently tuned gongs are the talking point of this beautiful watch from A. Lange & Söhne. The hammer at 8 o’clock strikes a low note to indicate the hour, while its brother at 4 o’clock emits a higher tone to mark the passing of every ten-minute spell. The jumping numerals display is large and superbly clear on this 528-part watch that has a case made of honey gold and is limited to just 100 pieces. The sounds can be turned off using the pusher at 4 o’clock, but why on earth would you want to do that?

Hermès

SLIM D’HERMÈS QUANTIÈME PERPÉTUEL PLATINE

The French fashion house has introduced a platinum-cased version of its much-praised 2015 Slim watch with a mother-of-pearl moon phase on a starry sky at 3 o’clock. This perpetual calendar has also retained that cool font for its numerals.

Chanel

MONSIEUR DE CHANEL

AyearagoChanel unveiled the Monsieur. Twelve months on and here we are again with this sophisticated black dialled sequel in a 40mm platinum case that’s limited to just 100 pieces. The jumping hour in the octagonal box remains, as does the impressive three-day power reserve.

Blancpain

FIFTY FATHOMS BATHYSCAPHE

Having Jacques Cousteau wear your diving watch is probably the best endorsement for a watch company. Blancpain received such an honour when the famous French diver wore a Fifty Fathoms timepIece in his 1956 film Silent World. Blancpain produced a 60th anniversary collection in 2013 and have now added this striking blue model – the 38mm Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe – to that range. The steel bezel has a blue ceramic insert and hour-markers in Blancpain’s Liquidmetal alloy. A hefty 100-hour power reserve is matched by water resistance capability of 300 metres. Monsieur Cousteau would approve.

Ulysse Nardin

MARINE REGATTA

When you want to make a watch that can withstand the rigours of the America’s Cup sailing race but also act as a tool for sailors to make every second count, getting the advice of star seamen Loïck Peyron and Iain Percy is a pretty good idea. The sailors from Sweden’s Artemis Racing team were consulted by Ulysse Nardin in the creation of this new 650-component chronograph. A sweep countdown timer on the inner dial ranges from one to 10 minutes to help sailors coincide their arrival at the starting line with the firing of the gun to get a jump on their rivals and avoid a penalty by starting too soon. Once the timer expires, the seconds hand then changes direction and records the time elapsed on the sub dial at 6 o’clock. Wearing this watch is like having an extra sailor on your team.

Richard Mille

RM 50-03 MCLAREN F1

At just 40 grams, this watch is the lightest split-seconds chronograph with a tourbillon, and is almost as complex as the Formula 1 car it’s named after. The function indicator mimics a car gearbox by showing W (winding) N (neutral) or H (hand setting) when the crown is pulled out. The torque indicator tells the wearer if they’re winding the watch too much or too little, thus maximising the 70-hour power reserve. The caliber, made from titanium and carbon TPT weighs a world record-breaking 7g. Carbon TPT and a resin containing graphene are also found in the case, which has a lovely wood grain effect.

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